Equality

During this year’s Academy Awards telecast as actress Frances McDormand accepted her Oscar for Best Actress, many were scrambling to find out what she meant when she stressed the use of inclusion riders in Hollywood and on future projects. Well actor Michael B. Jordan apparently took her words to heart because he just made a […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A white nationalist rally that turned violent has forced Charlottesville residents to confront the ugly realities of racism, bigotry and inequality lurking beneath the charming veneer of their progressive college town. In the weeks since the rally, where a woman protesting was hit by a car and killed, anger has erupted […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Beyonce is supporting efforts to overturn a North Carolina law limiting legal protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The entertainment icon did not directly speak out against House Bill 2 on her website Wednesday, but she did display a photo of a person wearing a T-shirt displaying the slogan […]

Jasmine Sanders has got 10 powerful quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., in the spirit of his birthday and the national holiday commemorating his legacy this past weekend. Click on the audio player for the inspirational words on “The D.L. Hughley Show!” RELATED: Martin Luther King Jr. Stands With Eric Garner, Slain NYPD Officer For “New Yorker” […]

The gap in pay between men and women is already too big, but black women have to deal with and even larger one. Click on the audio player to hear more in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show! Listen to the “The D.L. Hughley Show” LIVE weekdays 3-7 p.m. EST! RELATED:6 Black Women Who […]

A Georgia Pastor is coming down hard on members of the church and their anti-LGTBQ criticism. The Huffington Post reports: E. Dewey Smith , who is pastor of the House of Hope Atlanta in Decatur, Georgia, and the House of Hope Macon, chastised his congregation and others who “demonize and dehumanize” artists and even members of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is launching a campaign to market specifically to the LGBT community, a move that makes it the first pro league to specifically recruit gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered fans to its games. With the campaign, the WNBA is capitalizing on what it has known for years: The community makes […]